Right from the start she already hits something that most college kids have done before, which is the opening presentation. Personally, I did not enjoy this but I see why it is needed, and that would be to unify the new students together. On top of that she goes over that a class based on the forced discussion of a book that none wanted to read was a pointless endeavor, which it would be in most classes still. This is because students want to talk about what they are interested in, not what is being spoon-fed to them. She covers the abundance of activities the school has, like ours. There school has all of these for the same reason that we do, and that is to make the students get connections throughout the school. The issue with that is because there are some students who find that their interest is not in people and that they don't participate in any of them. She then covers some of the courtesies that her dorm had and to be frank, I wish my dorm had them. I can't even say how many times i was about to take a shower and moved to a different one because of how gross it was in it. She also talks about how people brake off into small groups instead of making one large community, which definitely takes place here. I personally try to talk and be as friendly with as may people as possible and it is easy to see that people break off into their own groups. There is no issue with this, but if people were more open to others joining they might be able to expand their friend groups. That is what I took away from her writing this time.
The Mind at Work
I find what he is looking for to be very interesting and I want to know what he does to accomplish his goal of learning how laborers are intelligent and how they learn their jobs. He talks about his mom, who is elderly at the time of the interview, being able to remember almost perfectly what being a waitress was like and recalling it to him. He talks about how being a waitress is what defined her and her life. She has a hard life, living through the depression and doing whatever she could to survive with her family. She began to become what she was known for for the rest of her life when her and her husband opened up a 24 hour dinner. She became outgoing and lost her shyness that she previously had. She then moved to L.A. after she got rid of the dinner and remarried after her husband died. She gained her skills through years of restaurant service, which took a lot of practice. She was able to move with expert speed, while balancing plates, bowls, silverware, and cups all at the same time, which is something that many of us would have a problem doing. And like everything that comes with practice, it went from something difficult to do to not even thought about. I wonder what it would take for one of us to get the skill and balance that she had and how much time and practice it would take?
Right from the start she already hits something that most college kids have done before, which is the opening presentation. Personally, I did not enjoy this but I see why it is needed, and that would be to unify the new students together. On top of that she goes over that a class based on the forced discussion of a book that none wanted to read was a pointless endeavor, which it would be in most classes still. This is because students want to talk about what they are interested in, not what is being spoon-fed to them. She covers the abundance of activities the school has, like ours. There school has all of these for the same reason that we do, and that is to make the students get connections throughout the school. The issue with that is because there are some students who find that their interest is not in people and that they don't participate in any of them. She then covers some of the courtesies that her dorm had and to be frank, I wish my dorm had them. I can't even say how many times i was about to take a shower and moved to a different one because of how gross it was in it. She also talks about how people brake off into small groups instead of making one large community, which definitely takes place here. I personally try to talk and be as friendly with as may people as possible and it is easy to see that people break off into their own groups. There is no issue with this, but if people were more open to others joining they might be able to expand their friend groups. That is what I took away from her writing this time.
The Mind at Work
I find what he is looking for to be very interesting and I want to know what he does to accomplish his goal of learning how laborers are intelligent and how they learn their jobs. He talks about his mom, who is elderly at the time of the interview, being able to remember almost perfectly what being a waitress was like and recalling it to him. He talks about how being a waitress is what defined her and her life. She has a hard life, living through the depression and doing whatever she could to survive with her family. She began to become what she was known for for the rest of her life when her and her husband opened up a 24 hour dinner. She became outgoing and lost her shyness that she previously had. She then moved to L.A. after she got rid of the dinner and remarried after her husband died. She gained her skills through years of restaurant service, which took a lot of practice. She was able to move with expert speed, while balancing plates, bowls, silverware, and cups all at the same time, which is something that many of us would have a problem doing. And like everything that comes with practice, it went from something difficult to do to not even thought about. I wonder what it would take for one of us to get the skill and balance that she had and how much time and practice it would take?